Elsevier launches NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter - March 13, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the release of NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter, the first in a new series of apps created for the iPad. Based on the MRI Atlas of White Matter by Kenichi Oishi, Andreia V. Faria, Peter C M van… Read More
Thomson Reuters selected by 4 organisations for data analysis and management - March 13, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has been selected by four organisations to provide essential data and insight into their ground-breaking scientific initiatives. The organisations include Alzheimer's Research UK, the Institute of Physics, the National Institutes of Health… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Accessible Archives expand partnership - March 13, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has expanded its partnership with Accessible Archives, Inc. to include American County Histories to 1900: New England and The Civil War: Parts V and IV in EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement allows metadata from these two resources… Read More
Ben-Gurion University to contribute to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database - March 13, 2012
Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has joined the thousands of research institutions worldwide that contribute to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database (PQDT), a commercially available repository of graduate works. Through PQDT, a worldwide network of scholars can expect to discover BGU's doctoral… Read More
EBSCO adds Occupational Health Content to ExPub database - March 12, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced a new agreement to add Haz-Map to its ExPub database. Haz-Map is designed to assist professionals seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biological agents in the workplace. Haz-Map references hundreds… Read More
Google reportedly scaling back books digitisation project - March 12, 2012
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is reportedly slowing down its book-scanning work with partner libraries, as observed by librarians involved with the digitisation project. However, it remains unclear what this would mean for the company's long-term investment in the Google Books project. Google has… Read More
